Experienced barrister and former solicitor steps down from the Legal Services Board
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed that Flora Page KC has stepped down as a non-lay Board member following a request to leave the regulator earlier this year. The LSB announced on 2 June 2026 that Page gave notice of her intention to resign in March 2026. Her request to step down with immediate effect was approved by the Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy, in April 2026.
Announcing the departure, LSB Chair Monisha Shah paid tribute to Page’s contribution during her time on the Board. Shah said Page brought valuable practical experience as a practising barrister and made a significant contribution to discussions on professional ethics, regulatory standards and the rule of law.
She also highlighted Page’s independent approach and focus on maintaining high professional standards while ensuring the public interest remained central to the Board’s work. The Ministry of Justice is expected to begin recruitment for a replacement non-lay Board member in due course.
Page first joined the Legal Services Board on 1 August 2020 for an initial four-year term. She was subsequently reappointed for a second term beginning on 1 August 2024. Her legal career spans both branches of the profession. She initially qualified as a solicitor and joined Clifford Chance in 1996. She later worked for the Law Commission and the University of Law before establishing her own practice, Old Bailey Solicitors.
After obtaining higher rights of audience in 2002, Page cross-qualified as a barrister in 2013 and joined 23 Essex Street Chambers. Her practice focuses primarily on financial wrongdoing matters. In 2025, she was appointed King’s Counsel and also became Chair of the Institute of Business Ethics.
Page has also worked at the Financial Conduct Authority in both enforcement and consumer redress policy roles. Alongside her professional work, she is undertaking doctoral research at University College London, focusing on corporate misconduct.
Her wider professional involvement has included roles with the Solicitors’ Association of Higher Court Advocates, the Criminal Bar Association and equality and diversity initiatives within both chambers and regulatory organisations. The departure brings to an end almost six years of service on the Legal Services Board during a period of significant regulatory developments across the legal services sector.